CVE-2005-2335: fetchmail

Modified

AliasesRHSA-2005:640DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2335DSA-774-1

Published 27-07-2005Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2335 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in fetchmail. EPSS estimates a 5.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

5.0/10

010

Medium · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

5.88%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

27-07-2005
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
07-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the POP3 client in Fetchmail before 6.2.5.2 allows remote POP3 servers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long UIDL responses. NOTE: a typo in an advisory accidentally used the wrong CVE identifier for the Fetchmail issue. This is the correct identifier.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.05.0

EPSS trend

Probability

5.88%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 5.88% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat2 products

fetchmail< 0:6.2.0-3.el3.2 | < 0:6.2.5-6.el4.2
fetchmail-debuginfo< 0:6.2.0-3.el3.2 | < 0:6.2.5-6.el4.2

Debian1 product

fetchmail< 6.2.5-12sarge1 | < 6.2.5-16

Fetchmail1 product

fetchmail≤ 6.2.5.1 | 4.5.1 | 4.5.2 | 4.5.3 | 4.5.4 | 4.5.5 | 4.5.6 | 4.5.7 | 4.5.8 | 4.6.0 | 4.6.1 | 4.6.2 | 4.6.3 | 4.6.4 | 4.6.5 | 4.6.6 | 4.6.7 | 4.6.8 | 4.6.9 | 4.7.0 | 4.7.1 | 4.7.2 | 4.7.3 | 4.7.4 | 4.7.5 | 4.7.6 | 4.7.7 | 5.0.0 | 5.0.1 | 5.0.2 | 5.0.3 | 5.0.4 | 5.0.5 | 5.0.6 | 5.0.7 | 5.0.8 | 5.1.0 | 5.1.4 | 5.2.0 | 5.2.1 | 5.2.3 | 5.2.4 | 5.2.7 | 5.2.8 | 5.3.0 | 5.3.1 | 5.3.3 | 5.3.8 | 5.4.0 | 5.4.3 | 5.4.4 | 5.4.5 | 5.5.0 | 5.5.2 | 5.5.3 | 5.5.5 | 5.5.6 | 5.6.0 | 5.7.0 | 5.7.2 | 5.7.4 | 5.8 | 5.8.1 | 5.8.2 | 5.8.3 | 5.8.4 | 5.8.5 | 5.8.6 | 5.8.11 | 5.8.13 | 5.8.14 | 5.8.17 | 5.9.0 | 5.9.4 | 5.9.5 | 5.9.8 | 5.9.10 | 5.9.11 | 5.9.13 | 6.0.0 | 6.1.0 | 6.1.3 | 6.2.0 | 6.2.1 | 6.2.2 | 6.2.3 | 6.2.4 | 6.2.5 | 6.3.4

3 vendors · 4 products